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Why are so many Disney parents missing or dead?

Many Disney movies share a curious detail. Where are the protagonists' biological mothers? Little wooden puppet Pinocchio is carved and cared for by his "father" Geppetto. Peter Pan is forever a motherless lost-boy. The mothers of Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Jasmine (Aladdin) and Pocahontas from the eponymous film are all either absent or deceased.

Delve further into the Walt Disney Studios' extensive archive of feature-length animated classics and similar trends emerge. If maternal figures aren't absent from the start of the story, many are killed, captured, or replaced by a "wicked stepmother" along the way. Even Disney's most high-profile acquisition ever, the Star Wars franchise, follows the pattern: a dead mom and absentee dad, with the Skywalker children being raised by relatives.

Is there a darker undertone to these tales—to the bastion of unadulterated childhood innocence promulgated by the Disney brand? We spoke with animation historians, fairy tale experts, activists and mythographers to explore the trope.

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Does stress make you work faster?

Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they're talking about. Today, we're wondering if the adrenaline brought on by stress makes us more effective.

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Cleaning at the world’s most prosperous auction house has made me sick and poor

“I was a cleaner at one of the world’s most prestigious art auction houses until I was suspended for protesting. I spoke up to end workplace victimization, implement sick pay, and get a backdated living wage for myself and the other cleaners and porters.”

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The complete history of mannequins: Garbos, Twiggies, Barbies and beyond

The history of mannequins is as much a history of fashion as an overview of the 20th century. Over the past hundred years, figures change to reflect the advents of window shopping, subversive androgyny, women's liberation, wartime rationing, Barbie doll fetishism, fiberglass, and Twiggy, to name a few. Art deco and Salvador Dali cross the storefront's path. Shapes rotate from poles to hourglasses and back. Nipples are a subject of debate! There's even legend of a mannequin celebrity.

Up to the present, mannequins reflect changing attitudes towards the female form, patterns in consumer behaviour, and developments in materials and technology, acting as epitomes for each era.

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Does a centipede ever step on its own foot or stub its toe?

Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they’re talking about. This week, we’re wondering whether a centipede ever steps on one of its own many, many feet.

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Why is blue the most common color for social media apps?

Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they're talking about. Today, we wonder why so many social media companies have chosen to brand themselves with the color blue.

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Art Links: George Zimmerman Now Selling Confederate Flag Art at Gun Store

This is insane: You can now buy George Zimmerman’s prints of the Confederate Flag from a gun dealer’s website. There’s also some sort of competition involved to win the original painting. [TMZ]

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Art Links Of The Week: Artists Pay Tribute To Michael Brown

It’s a year since the death of the unarmed teenager Michael Brown, who was shot by a white Police Officer in Ferguson. Here’s how artists have reacted. [NBC]

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Art Links: 'You Don't Get It Man, I'm A Genius'

You don’t get it man. I’m a f*cking genius” (Jeff Koons). The top 12 most awkward things artists have said to art critics. [artnet]

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Art Links Of The Week: Nic Cage's Giant Floating Head In A Cage

This year’s Splendour in the Grass festival features an art installation comprised of an inflatable version of Nicolas Cage’s head – in a cage. [The Guardian]

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You Need To Download The Met's Cat Art Chrome Extension

Meow Met is probably the best thing to ever happen to those who consider themselves avid internet users, cat lovers and art enthusiasts.

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Art Links: Someone Has Printed All Of Wikipedia

Shepard Fairey has turned himself in to the police after a warrant for his arrest was issued over accusations of causing $9,000 worth of graffiti damage to properties in Detroit. He faces a maximum sentence of five years and up to $10,000 in fines. [USA Today]

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Art Links: An Ode to Miriam Schapiro

Miriam Schapiro, a leader of the feminist art movement, passed away at age 91. [Jezebel]

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Someone's Soiled Anish Kapoor's Dirty Corner

Somebody doesn’t like Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner. This week, the controversial 60-metre sculpture – which faces the Palace of Versailles – was vandalised with yellow paint. The funnel-shaped artwork, which Kapoor had previously described as “the vagina of the queen who took power”, has evoked outrage and unease from Parisians since its installation. Prior to the incident, conservative French commentators had deemed Dirty Corner’s sexual symbolism as inappropriate for the setting.

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Art Links: Airborne Pranks and Hidden Turners

An artist who lives near an airport in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) painted ‘Welcome to Cleveland’ (Ohio) on his roof to mess with people flying in. Why bother? "It was all tongue-in-cheek, just for fun. Living in the world is not a dress rehearsal. You better have fun with it," 62-year-old Mark Gubin explained, with a sentiment not dissimilar to all Drake lyrics. [GQ]

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What We Learned From John Waters’ University Commencement Speech

Who better than John Waters – the artist, actor, director and comedian nicknamed the ‘people’s pervert’ – to give your university commencement speech? The lucky students over at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) were recently treated to Waters’ wise words and career advice, which advised them as artists to “wreck what came before”. During the speech, Waters went on to describe the iconic Hairspray as “a Trojan horse: it snuck into middle America and never got caught”. “You can do the same thing”, he added.

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Art Links: Shia LaBeouf is Still Making Art!

Shia LaBeouf and artists Rönkkö & Turner (who have been making art together for the past 18 months) collaborated with Central Saint Martins BA Fine Art 2015 students to make #INTRODUCTIONS. Check out LaBeouf screaming “JUST DO IT, MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE” as part of his (vanity) project above. [Vimeo via The Guardian]

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